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No. Don't bring up any medical history or conditions. It sounds like you're implying this may affect your job performance and you want to be "nice" to your em
by cgtyoder 13y ago
No. Don't bring up any medical history or conditions. It sounds like you're implying this may affect your job performance and you want to be "nice" to your employer, but they don't have any right to this information. Just do your job to the best of your ability, and deal with the depression in a responsible way as it occurs. You are not a "bad person" for being depressed, just as a person who has an appendectomy or cancer is not a bad person for missing work because of their medical condition.
And, the employer may not like you bringing it up either - if they decide to fire/not hire you, then you have opened (a slight crack of) a door which might allow them to be easily sued, if they in any way they hint it was because of medical conditions. You will be being kind to them by not putting them in this tenuous legal position.